Fast Getaway

1991 "Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway"
5.3| 1h26m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 15 March 1991 Released
Producted By: CineTel Films
Country: United States of America
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Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway

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Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
callanvass (Credit IMDb) A lighthearted tale about a gang of bank robbers who fall out and split up. The brains of the gang is a boy who, with his father, successfully continue their crime spree. Annoyed at this, Lilly and her loyal and stupid companion, decide to kidnap the boy, Nelson, and force him to work for them.I was very open-minded when it came to this movie. I went in with very little expectations. It worked for me because I actually found this to be watchable stuff. Hell, it was even fairly enjoyable at times for what it was. This movie may not have much to work with. But it's playful and energetic enough to keep you going. It has heart, and they make good use of the low-budget with some fun action scenes. There is one scene near the end that is actually really suspenseful. Believe it or not, there are even some laughs thrown in here and there as well. Granted, some of the dialog is a bit iffy, and it's painfully obvious that it has many shortcomings. It really does rely on the charisma of the cast. Corey Haim is a very charismatic performer. It's such a shame he had to succumb to drugs. He wasn't just a famous teen actor, he really did have a lot of talent. He was a lot of fun here. Leo Rossi is fun as the Dad. I enjoyed his chemistry with Haim. Cynthia Rothrock isn't exactly a great actress, but she kicks butt and looks good doing it. Her martial arts background comes into play here. Marcia Strassman is cute and enjoyable to watch. I was quite surprised by how watchable this was. I'm not afraid to admit that I enjoyed it for what it was, even with all the flaws it has. If you want something light-hearted, this is a good choice. The sequel isn't all that bad either.5.5/10
leonardconstantin61 This is a very entertaining movie with the likes Corey Haim&Cynthia Rothrock. Unfortunately i couldn't give this movie more than 7/10 because i didn't like 2 things about this film: Corey Haim dressed as womany(you could see that he was very embarrassed for acting like that)and Cynthia Rothrock's skills are wasted here a lil' bit. If she had more than screen time & more fights i think that this movie would have been a classic because Cynthia was in top form. But all in all was a good movie and Cynthia Rothrock didn't disappoint. Fast Getaway 2 isn't a good follow up unfortunately. This movie and Guardian Angel are my favorite movies with Cynthia Rothrock.
gwnightscream Corey Haim, Leo Rossi, Cynthia Rothrock, Ken Lerner and Marcia Strassman star in this 1991 action-comedy. The late, Haim (The Lost Boys) plays teenager, Nelson who has spent most of his life with his father, Sam (Rossi) robbing banks. Soon, they have a falling out with former partners, Lily (Rothrock) and Tony (Lerner). Nelson and Sam attempt to rob another bank without them, but get caught by police thanks to Lily. Nelson meets Lorraine (Strassman) who claims to be an old friend of Sam's, but after Nelson breaks Sam out of Jail, he learns she's his mother he never knew. Soon, Lily and Tony decide to get payback by kidnapping Nelson and Sam attempts to rescue him with Lorraines's help. I remember when this used to be on TV a lot years ago, it's not bad and Haim and Rossi were great together. I recommend this.
Pepper Anne Good lord, I've got to stop wasting my money on movies from the post-1989 catalog of Corey Haim (except for Prayer of the Rollerboys, which was a decent surprise). This being, of course, yet another film in which those not so overly nostlagic will realize that Corey had hit rock bottom and would never recover.Fast Getaway is the light-comedy adventures of a team of father-and-son bankrobbers. After a disagreement among their gang of four which included a clueless doofus and a black belt blonde, Nelson (Corey Haim) and his dad decide to rob banks alone. Only Nelson's dad expects it to be temporary, wanting his son to go legit so he can end up in law school or business school (the man has no clear idea of his expectations as to which graduate school track he expects his son to take other than whatever will allow an easy transition into white collar crime) much to the chagrin of Nelson, who loves the life of easy money. But, the team are not as invincible as they think they are when they're busted for robbing a bank in a squat town in Utah around the same time a stranger to the past enters their lives as does their scheming former partners.It has all the depth of the notorious 'Cool as Ice' "action" film (ranked as one of the worst 100 movies on IMDb), and about as much of the same cheesy writing. I particularly enjoy the scene in which Nelson and dear old dad, trying to escape from the police by anchoring over a bridge, plunge thousands of feet straight down into shallow, rocky rapids and live to tell the tale...completely unscathed, mind you. Or, the finale in which brave Nelson is being dragged from a truck while holding onto a chain link fence that neither eletrocutes him or gets too hot to hold as it is scraped across the pavement for miles. Nor, does it flip with the sharp turns of the truck and the lack of support by his weight. And, I especially cringe at Corey Haim's half-concocted Italian-American accent that reared itself during random moments, not to mention his terrible array of slang, especially in many of the references to women.Recommended for anyone who can watch any number of Corey Haim's early 90s disasters and actually find them enjoyable.